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I told DH I wanted to learn BURLESQUE dancing and didn't get the reply I wanted!

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Dragonbrandybutter · 03/01/2009 22:33

I found a class locally.
A one day workshop.
I thought it would be a giggle.
And i'd like to know how to do that tassles thing

Anyway, he said, 'have you finally lost your mind?, that's for old women with self esteem issues'

i told him not to be so negative and that I would have preferred him to be a little excited about it.
we haven't talked about it again.

but i still want to do it.
now what?

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KerryMumbles · 04/01/2009 23:30

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Dragonbrandybutter · 04/01/2009 23:31

grrr, damn that repeat prescription of AD's needing filled over christmas.
thanks for the support.

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Dragonbrandybutter · 04/01/2009 23:32

Bocca, take over the orchestra please.

is this the flounciest flounce ever?
how long can i drag it out?

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BoccaDellaVerita · 04/01/2009 23:38

holidaywonk - Sorry, in the second sentence of that post I was trying to encapsulate (what I perceived to be) the general, collective tenor of a number of posts, rather than yours in particular. I accept that it wasn't what you said, but having re-read some posts it does still seem to me that there were strong undercurrents in some of them, to the effect that 'My interpretation is the definitive one: anyone who disagrees with me is not as enlightened as I am.'

Anyway, this isn't helping dragonbrandybutter.

zazen · 04/01/2009 23:41

Dragonbutter - please don't go - I've always enjoyed your posts and can see that this other thread has been a bit upsetting for you.

FWIW - I've always loved burlesque and think Dita is just so brill.
Have a look at this DailyMail article to see how flexible and healthy you can be by dancing like Dita. here!

When I was in a professional ballet corps I could do that high kick / splits with my legs - you have to be very committed to be able to move in this way - it can take years to get so flexible.

Humm I think I'll look around for some classes for myself I'd love to be that fit again.

But please dear DB look after yourself and if you do have to take a break, come back soon as we'll miss you!

holidaywonk · 04/01/2009 23:51
QS · 04/01/2009 23:51

DB. Dont go. You are fab. Mumsnet is pretty shite at the moment, has been a while, but please dont let pokey stuck up posters break you.

Du må danse for din mann så mye du vill, og det er ikke nedverdigende, min venn.

TWINSETinapeartree · 04/01/2009 23:52

zazen I dont think recomending Daily Mail articles will convince people that burlesque dancing is not a betrayal of feminism.

Dragonbrandybutter · 04/01/2009 23:54

where the fuck have you been QS?
you're needed here you fool.

i'm stuck on nedverdigende.

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QS · 04/01/2009 23:56

you know, when you do something beneath you. NED - DOwn. you down yourself. Although, that is not what YOU are doing. which is why I am saying it is NOT.

QS · 04/01/2009 23:57

Oh dragon. I mostly lurk these days. and busy moving house.

Dragonbrandybutter · 04/01/2009 23:57

ah degrading.

thanks for the nice messages people.

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QS · 04/01/2009 23:58

ah, degrading! see I am forgetting my english....

Dragonbrandybutter · 05/01/2009 00:03

you've been missed QS.
Time for me to put my wibbly wobbly tearful self to bed.
Goodnight to the lovely ones and a big meh to bluestocking.

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QS · 05/01/2009 00:03

Sweet dreams.

kormaisforlifenotjustchristmas · 05/01/2009 00:05

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onebatmotherofgoditschilly · 05/01/2009 08:03

Snooort at QS coming back to lecture commnet on how MN hasn't been a very nice place recently. In this, as in so much else, you are rather out of step. The general consensus is that MN has been a vastly nicer place since The Exodus.

DB, I'm sorry that you were upset by this thread and the other one. It sounds as though you are feeling a little tender at the moment.

FWIW, while one or two comments on this thread were pretty robust, I don't think that the general tone of those who disagree with you was actually unkind (and particularly not PW who as always was reasoned and measured in the expression of her position.)

The new orthodoxy - that women who engage in sexual behaviours previously considered to be expressions of misogyny are not simply the pawns of said misogyny but are engaged in a politically-neutral act of sexual self-expression - is not so solid as to be unchallengeable, and many of us disagree.

While you might make a sharp distinction between burlesque and pole-dancing, for others they are points on a continuum. The subject of your OP seems to acknowledge that burlesque is not necessarily a straightforward matter, since your DP doesn't sound very keen (though perhaps this is for very different reasons).

There is a long tradition of vigorous MN debate on this subject - I'm sure you've seen it yourseslf. The 'Antis' are accustomed, by now, to being called prudish for expressing that position. It would be a huge shame, I think, if we were to seriously consider before posting, for fear of being flamed as unkind.

The general rule is that threads about threads are Not On, though, and I agree. But I think that we should distinguish between that second thread, and people just disagreeing with your position.

I do hope that you'll come back soon.

lucy678 · 05/01/2009 08:18

How insulting that any woman who objects to stripping is a prude.
How very 1950s.

lucy678 · 05/01/2009 08:19

and I vote twinset for quote of the week with the DM line.

YeahBut · 05/01/2009 08:30

D'you know what, I think that the world would be a much better place if people were just allowed to get on with what they fancy doing without everyone piling in with the negatives.
I think it's pretty empowering for a woman to embrace and celebrate her sexuality, particularly when she is no longer in her teens and has had a couple of children. There is a huge difference between some young lass on the breadline poledancing for a bunch of saddo blokes in a club and a mature woman celebrating herself and her relationship. IMO.

BlueSapphire77 · 05/01/2009 08:33

You know how you were afraid to open that link..

I need counselling now thanks very much!!

*Thinks OP should do the lapdancing instead

BlueSapphire77 · 05/01/2009 08:34

Oh bugger. Didn't read the whole thread

Ignore me it's too early

lucy678 · 05/01/2009 08:53

"witjout everyone piling in wiht negatives"
Wtf like er.. Hitler or any other non democratic state?

How dare we disagree.

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